| Common Name: | Elk | | Scientific Name: | Cervus elaphus | | Area: | Beaver Creek State Natural Area, Oregon | | Date: | July 22, 2013 | 
Elk populations were decimated during the expansion on the West in the 19th Century, but due to wide-scale reintroduction and conservation programs their populations have been brought back. In the Northwest we have two sub-species, on the West-side of the Cascades we have the Roosevelt Elk, and on East-side, the Rocky Mountain Elk. | 
Beaver Creek State Natural Area - - - July 31, 2013 | 
Dean Creek Wildlife Area, Oregon - - - August 9, 2009 | | Reference: | Field Guide to Mammals by Whitaker / Cascade-Olympic Natural History by Mathews / Mammals of Washington and Oregon by Eder |
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